negating
present participle ofnegate
| 单词 | negating |
| 释义 | negating present participle ofnegate negate verb[T] formaluk/nɪˈɡeɪt/us/nɪˈɡeɪt/tocausesomething to have noeffect: Theincreaseinourprofitshas been negated by therisingcostsofrunningthebusiness. Useless and futile
GrammarNegation When we want to say that something is not true or is not the case, we can use negative words, phrases or clauses. Negation can happen in a number of ways, most commonly, when we use a negative word such as no, not, never, none, nobody, etc:…Forming negative statements, questions and imperatives We form negative statements with not or n’t after be, modal and auxiliary verbs. n’t is the contracted form of not. In informal language we can add n’t, without a space, to be, to modal verbs (except may) and to auxiliary verbs (do and have). The negative contracted form of will is won’t. The uncontracted form of can + not is cannot.…Negation: two negatives Standard English does not have two negatives in the same clause (double negatives). Words such as never, nobody, no one, none, nothing, nowhere, etc. already have a negative meaning, so we don’t need another negative with the verb:…Negative clauses withany,anybody,anyone,anything,anywhere We don’t use not with some, someone, somebody, something, somewhere in statements. We use any, anyone, anybody, anything, anywhere:…Negation in non-finite clauses Non-finite clauses are clauses without a subject, where the main verb is in the to-infinitive form, the -ing form or the -ed form. To make the negative of a non-finite clause, we can use not.…Negative prefixes and suffixes We use these prefixes most commonly in negation: de-, dis-, il-/im-/in-/ir-, mis-, non-, un-:…Negative adverbs:hardly, seldom, etc. Some adverbs (e.g. hardly, little, never, only, scarcely and seldom) have a negative meaning. When we use these at the beginning of the clause, we invert the subject and verb:…Negation: emphasising When we want to emphasise something negative, we often use at all. We normally use at all immediately after the word or phrase we are emphasising:…Negation ofthink,believe,suppose,hope When we use verbs like think, believe, suppose (mental process verbs) to express uncertainty about something, we usually use not with the mental process verb rather than with the verb in the following clause:…Examplesofnegatingnegating In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. In this paper we study an alternative model which incorporates a time delay explicitly,negatingthe need for the auxiliary equations. From theCambridge English Corpus Even a simplistic rational analysis of corrupt behaviour highlights its harmful effects on society, thusnegatingit as a rational course of action. From theCambridge English Corpus Cyprian thus appeared to agree with the martyr tradition regarding self-authenticating ordination whilst in practicenegatingall possibility of actually following that tradition. From theCambridge English Corpus Upon convection, the resulting disturbances dramatically disfigured the cavity surface, thusnegatingthe original purpose. From theCambridge English Corpus Each religion tells a storynegatingthe other. From theCambridge English Corpus Communication and transportation techniquesnegatingdistances thus lead rather to a kind of network than to a cultural mishmash. From theCambridge English Corpus What distinguishes this kind of indefinite noun from the thing's negation is thatnegatingit eliminates it from anything whatever, existent or non-existent. From theCambridge English Corpus Moreover, the structures appear where the negative-ion distribution has already been flattened,negatingany effect the electrons might otherwise have. From theCambridge English Corpus They can be set up bynegatinga proposition which holds true in the actual world, and then they are counterfactual. From theCambridge English Corpus So, it is not a matter of abandoning oneself to one's lot, but rather a matter of notnegatingthe lot. From theCambridge English Corpus Let us see if there are additional reasons fornegatingpassibility. From theCambridge English Corpus They represent neglect or 'failed' management ultimatelynegatingboth the common's productive use and scenic qualities. From theCambridge English Corpus It is probable that there is also sometimes too much turbulence,negatingconvection and hence the possibility of creating drag. From theCambridge English Corpus One may define the concept of the same type bynegatingthe condition, but notice that this is not an equivalence relation. From theCambridge English Corpus Various ideas - social and political philosophies - interacted within the dialectic,negatingeach other in the formation of higher syntheses. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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